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Paladin wrote:
"I just haven`t found the right person who will help." Help, it seems, is the answer Paladin wants to hear. When you want to put 8 pounds of crap in a 4-pound bag, life is often that way. You quickly run out of good advice. When a respondent says there`s no computer program to tell you how to linearly-load an antenna wire, you are invited to prove him wrong. The ARRL Antenna Book says: "Since the dimensions and spacing of linear-loading devices vary greatly from one antenna to another, the best way to employ this technique is to try a length of conductor 10% to 20% longer than the difference between the shortened antenna and the full-size dimension for the linear-loading device. Then use te "cut-anhd-try" method, varying both the spacing and length of the loading device to optimize the match." You might write a program for that. Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI |